Tag: Elections

Inquiry stops short of election ban on AI deepfakes

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A parliamentary inquiry has rebuffed calls for laws banning AI-generated images and videos in election campaigns despite acknowledging the technology will almost certainly be used to spread disinformation. Crossbench...

Australia not equipped to handle deepfake electoral threat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Deepfakes present a growing threat to the integrity of Australia’s electoral system, according to the head of the electoral commission, who has warned that the agency is not equipped...

NSW Labor to explore stopgap for digital voting

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW Labor will investigate an interim digital voting solution to allow blind and low vision Australians to cast a verifiable ballot in state and local government elections before 2027...

Digitising NSW elections would be ‘easy’: Dominello

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government will look at digitising state elections, with its Minister for Digital Victor Dominello describing the switch to online voting as “easy”, despite experts warning...